GET ME REWRITE: Milwaukee mayor Cavalier Johnson hopes to reverse city's decades-long population slide

A 22% drop in population since its 1960 peak of 741,324.

 

Source:  Wikipedia

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3/8/2023

Johnson wants more of this — people moving in, buildings rising up. 

It's in line with one of his more audacious campaign talking points: that he envisioned a future Milwaukee growing to a population of more than 1 million people. 

It's a goal that many dismissed as political rhetoric, if not eye-rolling fantasy, and Johnson is the first to admit he doesn't have all the answers. No one does.